For an example, go look at http://www.foreflight.com/ipad (an app for pilots with moving map charts, weather, instrument approach procedures, etc). Now think about how that would scale down to a phone simply by scaling the UI elements. Guess what - it doesn't. It completely changes how I manage my workload in the cockpit, and if it had the same UI as their phone version, I wouldn't use it at all.
The whole point is that if flash is there by default, web developers use it, and then you need it. That's why the option itself represents a loss. There's been an explosion in flashless websites precisely because there are millions of mobile devices without flash.
She probably doesn't bake by volume, but instead by feel (a.k.a. experience). Baking by volume just doesn't really work well, especially for things like bread. You're better off just adding flour till it feels right if you don't use a scale.
Since you don't care about size, use a desktop or laptop. Nothing is "flagrantly obvious" about additional ports being a "main request". Based on what data points besides yourself?
There's probably a lot of overlap between the set of people who ever replace their battery and the set of people willing to take a device apart to do it.
Nobody. I was commenting about the parent poster's hypothetical >10 hour tablet. All else being equal, Apple could have made a bigger, heavier 15 hour tablet. Fortunately, they seem to the have common sense not to do that.
Have you actually lived in a cold weather climate? What you propose is nonsense, because there are low spots in the piping. You would have to actually blow the lines clear.
This is exactly why the government _shouldn't_ be involved. People/politicians seem to think they know much more than they do. For reference, 40W for a month is on the order of a gallon of gas a month. Insignificant? No. Significant compared to a typical 1st world country lifestyle? Not if you do any sort of air travel.
No, _you_ can be just as productive with win7 as with a Mac. I don't tell people what they're productive with, and I don't want others telling me what I'm productive with. I like to be able to drop to a command line and write a bash script. Maybe I can do that with win7, but since I don't know how, I'm not as productive. It's as simple as that.
The problem is that most people A/B on a subway with crappy earbuds. Actually sitting down and listening to music as an activity in and of itself seems foreign to most. Sadly, few people care about quality anymore, and those that do are in a niche that grows relatively smaller every day. As is evidenced by almost everything slashdot, those who don't care about quality feel the need to bitch about those who have standards. Our society continues its march to mediocrity, always valuing quantity over quality.
Because people are scared to use cash for some reason, or think they're getting a good deal with 1% cash back. The CC companies have game theory on their side. Do you think you could run a business where you tell your customers to return with a thousand or two in cash? That's reality. And you are wrong - merchants are the ones, by their contracts, who get screwed by fraudulent purchases. It's never the cc company.
The merchant is the one that eats the cost of fraudulent transactions, not the card company. One could argue that you always could use cash if you wanted to be anonymous.
No, AT&T "getting hurt" is not a good thing. People will just pay in the form of higher costs. All of our goods and services have liability costs baked into the pricing. We lose much more than the tiny amounts claimed lost by the "victims".
No, I bought Adobe CS, and, despite its many flaws, it was worth every penny. A couple of grand is what, 10-20 hours of time? A couple of months of rent of the floor space of your cube? Who cares if it cost more than my computer? I give OSS its props where due, and point out shortcomings where it does. I use both OSS and proprietary software daily. If that makes me an idiot in your books, so be it.
What you're finding is that there's good and bad OSS. OSS excels at back end systems where the software is by and for people who understand software. However, OSS is absolutely miserable for software where the end user is an artist, designer, etc. No amount of shouting by OSS zealots will change the fact that the GIMP is not a replacement for Photoshop, or that Inkscape can't even scratch the surface of what Illustrator will do.
I think way too many Slashdotters think that Steve's RDF extends beyond geekdom. My mom doesn't watch his keynotes or product announcements, and neither do most iphone users.
First, you say it's just linking a library, and then you refer to rolling silicon for hardware decoding. I suspect you understand some of the issues then. Why does a company want to roll silicon? To Save $10k in licensing fees? I think not.
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For an example, go look at http://www.foreflight.com/ipad (an app for pilots with moving map charts, weather, instrument approach procedures, etc).
Now think about how that would scale down to a phone simply by scaling the UI elements. Guess what - it doesn't.
It completely changes how I manage my workload in the cockpit, and if it had the same UI as their phone version, I wouldn't use it at all.
The whole point is that if flash is there by default, web developers use it, and then you need it. That's why the option itself represents a loss. There's been an explosion in flashless websites precisely because there are millions of mobile devices without flash.
She probably doesn't bake by volume, but instead by feel (a.k.a. experience). Baking by volume just doesn't really work well, especially for things like bread. You're better off just adding flour till it feels right if you don't use a scale.
How exactly did you make the leap from "you" to "a lot of people"? Reading Slashdot?
That is false. There is a tax rate increase at $174,400.
Since you don't care about size, use a desktop or laptop.
Nothing is "flagrantly obvious" about additional ports being a "main request". Based on what data points besides yourself?
There's probably a lot of overlap between the set of people who ever replace their battery and the set of people willing to take a device apart to do it.
Nobody. I was commenting about the parent poster's hypothetical >10 hour tablet. All else being equal, Apple could have made a bigger, heavier 15 hour tablet. Fortunately, they seem to the have common sense not to do that.
Larger batteries are not just thicker, but heavier. For most people, 10 hours represents a decent tradeoff.
The 3G equipped iPads have and have always had GPS.
Have you actually lived in a cold weather climate? What you propose is nonsense, because there are low spots in the piping. You would have to actually blow the lines clear.
This is exactly why the government _shouldn't_ be involved. People/politicians seem to think they know much more than they do.
For reference, 40W for a month is on the order of a gallon of gas a month. Insignificant? No. Significant compared to a typical 1st world country lifestyle? Not if you do any sort of air travel.
No, _you_ can be just as productive with win7 as with a Mac. I don't tell people what they're productive with, and I don't want others telling me what I'm productive with.
I like to be able to drop to a command line and write a bash script. Maybe I can do that with win7, but since I don't know how, I'm not as productive. It's as simple as that.
The problem is that most people A/B on a subway with crappy earbuds. Actually sitting down and listening to music as an activity in and of itself seems foreign to most. Sadly, few people care about quality anymore, and those that do are in a niche that grows relatively smaller every day. As is evidenced by almost everything slashdot, those who don't care about quality feel the need to bitch about those who have standards.
Our society continues its march to mediocrity, always valuing quantity over quality.
Sounds like two different devices - the Galaxy doesn't even track my finger when I scroll.
The 3% is lost before any fraud.
You can use US card in a chip-and-PIN country without a PIN if it's an in person transaction.
Because people are scared to use cash for some reason, or think they're getting a good deal with 1% cash back. The CC companies have game theory on their side.
Do you think you could run a business where you tell your customers to return with a thousand or two in cash? That's reality.
And you are wrong - merchants are the ones, by their contracts, who get screwed by fraudulent purchases. It's never the cc company.
The merchant is the one that eats the cost of fraudulent transactions, not the card company. One could argue that you always could use cash if you wanted to be anonymous.
No, AT&T "getting hurt" is not a good thing. People will just pay in the form of higher costs. All of our goods and services have liability costs baked into the pricing. We lose much more than the tiny amounts claimed lost by the "victims".
No, I bought Adobe CS, and, despite its many flaws, it was worth every penny. A couple of grand is what, 10-20 hours of time? A couple of months of rent of the floor space of your cube? Who cares if it cost more than my computer?
I give OSS its props where due, and point out shortcomings where it does. I use both OSS and proprietary software daily. If that makes me an idiot in your books, so be it.
What you're finding is that there's good and bad OSS. OSS excels at back end systems where the software is by and for people who understand software. However, OSS is absolutely miserable for software where the end user is an artist, designer, etc. No amount of shouting by OSS zealots will change the fact that the GIMP is not a replacement for Photoshop, or that Inkscape can't even scratch the surface of what Illustrator will do.
I think way too many Slashdotters think that Steve's RDF extends beyond geekdom. My mom doesn't watch his keynotes or product announcements, and neither do most iphone users.
Wow, a voice of reason in the middle of a mob
Mod parent up! The first intelligent post based upon reading TFA.
First, you say it's just linking a library, and then you refer to rolling silicon for hardware decoding. I suspect you understand some of the issues then. Why does a company want to roll silicon? To Save $10k in licensing fees? I think not.